Sponging up oil from tailings ponds
Pavani Cherukupally is designing a sponge-based system to clean up contaminated wastewater, with potential to help clean spills in Alberta’s oil sands and elsewhere
The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants
Professor Elizabeth Edwards is leveraging genomics, microbiology and engineering to clean up contaminated industrial sites around the world
Printable solar cells just got a little closer
New research removes a key barrier to large-scale manufacture of low-cost, printable perovskite solar cells
Concrete check-up: Fae Azhari develops diagnostics for critical infrastructure
U of T Engineering professor develops novel approaches to monitoring the health of large structures, from bridges to hydroelectric dams
Double-fortified salt to improve nutrition for 24 million in Uttar Pradesh
U of T Engineering invention provides a simple, effective way to help people whose diets are lacking in iron
Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
Levels of certain airborne pollutants are up to nine times higher in train cars directly behind diesel locomotives than on busy city streets.
Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?
Professor Erin Bobicki (MSE, ChemE) is developing more sustainable ways of extracting valuable minerals from ore, including material previously discarded as waste.
TBEP and MbD: Engineered smart scaffolds could help repair damaged hearts and muscles
Two multidisciplinary partnerships led by U of T Engineering researchers are developing implantable biomaterials that accelerate injury recovery, from car accidents to heart attacks.
Heat, housing and health: Marianne Touchie and the complexity of multi-unit residential buildings
Professor Marianne Touchie is working with Toronto Community Housing and The Atmospheric Fund to better understand how changes to energy use affect indoor environmental quality in multi-unit residential buildings
